NCEO - Synthesis Report 86 - Educating Struggling Learners: Reflections on Lessons Learned about Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

2012

Valerie Kurizaki is a Complex Area Academic Coach within Central District of the Hawai`i State Department of Education to ensure systemic standards implementation that supports all students, especially struggling learners. In this report, Kurizaki reviews the work that the Hawai`i Department of Education (HIDOE) completed in developing progress maps. This work demonstrated avenues or routes that students took to access the content of mathematics and reading. Kurizaki reflects on the activity of the GSEG-funded project, offering a personal perspective on the formal research findings documented by Karin Hess (2011). Finally, Kurizaki offers her reflections on the local implementation of the project products and processes, as well as lessons learned throughout the project. Kurizaki's story suggests many themes that are similar to those in districts around the country where systematic reform has improved outcomes for all students, including students with disabilities.

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